by Ica Fernandez
(this really deserves a repost! hope everyone else can spread the word)

I am not voting for Nicanor Perlas in the upcoming presidential elections.

What I am voting for, however, are the ideas and aspirations and processes he embodies. The fact that he is currently in the bottom half of the surveys is not a factor. My conscience is. And what my conscience is now saying is to tell the world about Nick, and what he brings in a small but absolutely badass package.

Magandang araw po sa lahat!

I am Bruce Portugal Amoroto, a Filipino gay activist and current President-Coordinator of Philippine Forum on Sports, Culture, Sexuality and Human Rights (TEAM PILIPINAS), Vice-President of Gay and Lesbian Asia Pacific Sport Association (GLISA Asia Pacific), and Asia Pacific Director at Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA International). I am also a graduate of the University of the Philippines Diliman and since 2000 I have been involved in the justice and human rights sector particularly on the equal human rights of lesbians, gays, and others.